Record ID: LON-80E5D4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval - possibly Modern gold button (late 16th - early 19th century). Small gold button in the shape of a flowerhead, perhaps a daisy, with solid centre and petals forming shallow compartments filled with a composition, perhaps glass inlay, some of which is now missing. Single loop attachment in gold at the centre of the back. Approximately 0.7 cm diameter. This naturalistic flowerhead button is difficult to place. The fine tooling on front suggests age and the working at the back, together with uneven outline, suggests that it has been hand cut not stamped. The …
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Southwark', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EADE47
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Post-Medieval dress fastener. Silver dress fitting comprising central disc with rope twist border, decorated with three filigree circlets with central knops. A single loop of twisted silver wire is soldered to the back so as to form three eyes for attachment. This object is difficult to place. Similar hooks or fragments of them have been reported through the Treasure Act as undiagnostic or later than 1708: see TAR 2003 no. 285, and TAR 2004, no. 405. Another example from the East Riding (TAR 2004, no. 259) was there dated to the 17th Century. Probably 17th Century. As …
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2008
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C245C7
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th Century. Silver alloy, hawking vervel in ring form, hand engraved 'OF.NORWOOD.IN.KENT'. Vervels are small rings which were attached to a bird's jesses (the leather thongs fitted on the bird's feet) and in addition to providing a form of identification, served as a means of attaching the leash, the longer cord securing the bird to the hand or the perch. Dated by the form of the lettering to the 17th Century. Flat outer surface but slightly convex inner surface. length 11.27mm, Width 10.81mm, Thickness 3.8mm, Diameter 11.27mm, Weight 1.1g. Slightly tarnished but otherwise good s…
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-E08B33
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small silver stud, impossible to date with any precision and therefore recommended that it should be excluded from the Treasure process. Due to the undiagnostic nature of the find it can not be securely dated to pre-1706 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Sunday 4th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haslingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-B42740
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold fragment of an artefact of an undiagnostic date. The fragment comprises a loop made from a flat strip of gold from which two broken strands project creating an incomplete figure of eight in appearance. At the junction between the strip and the broken projections an incomplete cinquefoil has been soldered to the front. The surface of the strip is decoratively cast with a twisted rope motif. Dora Thornton and Judy Rudoe has had a look at this and they can't place what it is but believe it is undiagnostic. Dimensions: length: 9.26mm; width: 4.43mm; thickness: 1.23m…
Created on: Friday 2nd May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bermondsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-9EC274
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2006 T280. post-medieval `ring' Silver `ring' formed from wire of round circular section, small, not a finger-ring, nor flattened in the manner of a vervel, therefore undiagnostic and of indeterminate date. Due to the undiagnostic nature of the find it can not be securely dated to pre-1706 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-9EB090
Object type: TERMINAL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2005 T396 A Silver Terminal (?) Silver cast terminal (?), hollow with cable ornament scrolling up from lower opening and round into two projecting spirals, with a boss at the centre of each. Length: 2 cm. Weight 10.7g Analysis shows the object comprises an alloy with a silver content of 95-97% and copper content of 3-5%, with traces of lead and gold present. The object has been examined by five curators responsible for collections ranging from Romano-British to Post-medieval, and all have failed to identify this object. Therefore, given the undiagnosti…
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hastoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6D00D2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of post-medieval dress pin, half of a hemispherical hollow bead with filigree spirals and knops. The other half of the bead and the shank are missing. Compare a complete pin of a type frequently reported through the 1996 Act, TAR 2004, no. 295. Based on report by Dr Dora Thornton (The British Museum).
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tetney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-077044
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a devotional plaque A fragment of a double-sided plaque, cast on one side with a possible Madonna and child, and on the other a scene with three saints. The item is possibly a Catholic devotional token, not necessarily English in origin, judging by the Madonna figure's veil and cloak. The plaque has three surviving projecting knops. The object is probably of silver, but as the style and facture suggest a post-1706 date, possibly 19th century or later, the object is not thought to qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Okeford Fitzpaine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-F628B2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver spoon Note on Oxford Archaeology North report: Having seen images and read the report on this object, my view is that this is a Christening spoon, not necessarily of English make. The ones in the literature readily available to me are inscribed with names and dated late 17th or early 18thC: see spoon dated 1718 and another dated 1699 in Klaus Marquardt, Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons, Stuttgart 2997, figs. 301 and 305. This does not mean that earlier ones do not exist, perhaps in the V&A collection, unknown to me. These late dated spo…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melsonby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-E1F563
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble, circular indentations over the body and top, two birds framing a cartouche designed for owner's initials. Worn and squashed. The best comparison is a thimble dating to the early 18th C from the collection of Edwin Holmes (Sotheby's South Kensington, London 31 May 1995, lot 61). It is probable that this thimble post-dates 1706 and it and therefore it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-E1E453
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver thimble, missing its domed top, now flattened in shape and open along its original soldered join. Plain border demarcated by engraved lines, the body covered with waffle-shaped indentations applied on a lathe, leaving blank a small area in which are roughly incised the owner's initials, MA. A maker's mark, apparently IB above a pellet, is also stamped into the sheet, now very worn. Length: 1.2 cm. Form, facture and engraving suggest a late 17th C or possibly early 18th C date, but cannot be proven to be pre- 1706 and may not therefore fall within the scope of the Treasure A…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Helperby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-E1AB46
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
18th century silver seal matrix The shape of the seal die handle suggests an 18th Century date. The find dates to later than 1706 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. The arms appear to be a variant of the Hamilton family with the motto THROUGH with crest of an oak tree pierced by a frame saw, and the arms are three cinquefoils.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Strethall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E15835
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver-gilt hooked tag of 16th century date. For a more complex example of this type, see TAR 2003, no. 239; also, two dress-hooks acquired by the British Museum in 2003, Department of Prehistory and Europe, 2003, 3-1,1 and 2003, 3-1,2. The object is book-shaped, with projecting knops and foliate elements supporting the hook. The front is decorated with a heart and three lobes in filigree, gilt. On the back is a rectangular bar attachment. No measurements were recorded.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E031A2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A bent and corroded silver spoon of possible 16th century date. The drop-shaped bowl is badly squashed. At the top, it tapers into the handle which is of thin section with flat or slightly convex surfaces. The knop is missing. The object measures 37.7mm long, 22.8mm wide and weighs 4.14g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-DEF4B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
18th-20th century curved decorative fragment possibly from a brooch.A curved, decorative fragment, confirmed as not Roman by a Romano-British specialist; its exact function unclear, but possibly part of a brooch. Though Renaissance in ornament-style, it appears to be a modern cast, and thus dateable post-1706. As such, this object does not qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8EE992
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
post-medieval silver fragment from a drinking vessel Heavy, cast silver element with central section of a hinge at one end, curved middle section and crude curling scrolls at the other end forming a finial. Probably the central part of the thumbpiece on the lid of a drinking vessel. Similar elements are found on imported pottery drinking vessels, with silver mounts made in London: see for example an unmarked stoneware drinking pot in the V&A, of circa 1550-60, in which the cast thumbpiece is of much finer quality but has scrolls like this fragment, which however end in masks. S…
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ripon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8ED883
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
post-medieval silver fragment Round piece of silver sheet hammered into hemispherical shape, central hole. Possibly upper part of a bell for hawking or dress. Bells were worn as accessories to dress in the 15th C but surviving examples are usually made of base metal, see Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories, pp. 336-7. This artefact could also be part of a hawking bell, attached one to each leg of a hawk with leather rings so as to jangle when the hawk moved. Joseph Strutt describes hawking bells in his Sports and Pastimes of the People of England of 1801, p. 26. He explains that …
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenilworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8ECB44
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
post-medieval silver thimble Squashed and flattened silver thimble, domed top missing, plain edging. The body covered with regular waffle-shaped indentations applied on a lathe, in the centre a transverse band of engraved ornament with lozenges containing rectangles of indentations interspersed with four-petalled flowerheads (roses?) On the reverse, at what would have been the lower edge, maker’s mark DA. Mid to late 17th C type as frequently reported through the Treasure Act. Silver thimbles were used increasingly by the European nobility and gentry during the 17th Century bu…
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Markyate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8EBED3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver spoon of trifid type, bent handle and damaged, thin bowl. Engraved with the owner’s initials:*M*SM surmounted by an asterisk. Illegible maker’s mark on stem. Late 17th Century. In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Radway', grid reference and parish protected.